3.0.0 1992 2019-02-20T23:24:02Z 2019-02-24T00:36:04Z Senate S S 2011-12-14 112 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-12-14T19:50:53Z Protecting Transit Through Increased Flexibility Act of 2011 112 3022 HR 2011-09-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2011 112 3545 HR 2011-12-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS Local Flexibility for Transit Assistance Act 112 3200 HR 2011-10-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Identical bill CRS 2011-12-14 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-12-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-12-14 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-12-14 True Transportation and Public Works Economic performance and conditions Energy prices Public transit Transportation programs funding Unemployment Urban and suburban affairs and development Transportation and Public Works 00 2011-12-14 Introduced in Senate 2012-01-31T22:14:49Z Local Flexibility for Transit Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to make urbanized area formula grants for the operating costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transportation in an urbanized area with a population over 200,000 to a designated recipient, direct recipient, or subrecipient that provides public transportation in the area operating less than 100 buses in fixed-route service in the area during peak service hours.

Authorizes a designated recipient or direct recipient that operates at least 100 buses in fixed-route service during peak service hours in an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 to use grant funds for the operating costs of public transportation equipment and facilities in such projects if: (1) the recipients are certified by the Secretary as being in a crisis period; and (2) the recipients' percentage of revenue for the operating costs of public transportation equipment and facilities from non-federal sources (excluding system-generated revenue) is equal to the previous fiscal year's revenue, or the revenue is derived from dedicated sources.

Specifies percentage limitations on the use of funds for urbanized areas with populations between 200,000 and 500,000, between 500,000 and 1 million, and over 1 million.

Defines "crisis period" to mean that: (1) the unemployment rate within the recipients' service area is 7% or higher for the preceding month, or (2) the national average retail price of regular gasoline during a quarter has increased by more than 10%.

]]> Local Flexibility for Transit Assistance Act Short Titles as Introduced Local Flexibility for Transit Assistance Act Display Title Local Flexibility for Transit Assistance Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide flexibility of certain transit functions to local entities. Introduced in Senate 2011-12-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1992is/xml/BILLS-112s1992is.xml 2011-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.